Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Who Framed Veronica Mars?


I thought that last night's episode of Veronica Mars was the best of the season so far. It was funny and moved along with the plot.

First, the lingering rape mystery. It appears that Claire had faked her rape. She was therefore kicked out of school, and the editor of the school paper lost her job. The Editor even left her Veronica and Dean O'Dell with a silly-sounding threat: ''You'll regret this.'' I'm guessing we haven't seen the last of her, but what's her real deal? Judging by the way she was spinning the coverage, she's got to have some stake in who's fingered as the rapist. Earlier in the season, I thought that there was something fishy about the rape accusations, but I decided against it because I thought it would sound too insensitive. Well, all bets with this situation seem to be totally off.

The college's sketchy gambling kingpin, Mercer, was arrested in connection to the rapes, but Logan defended him to Veronica, claiming the two have an alibi. Now here's where maybe we'll see a little LoVe tension, since Logan wouldn't give up said alibi. Were Logan and Mercer simply at the beach? Lovin' on some ladies? Doing some more illegal gambling? I seriously doubt that Logan was out giving blood or helping the homeless.

Veronica wasn't the only one who saw some time with Dean O'Dell this episode. Wallace was on his way into the dean's office as Veronica was on her way out. O'Dell gave Wallace the opportunity to drop the class he cheated in, but he'd also have to give up his major and his career dreams. We saw some real character from Wallace with his decision on this, as he chose to sit out the rest of the semester on the basketball team to try to at least pass the course
But even after studying hard and skipping out on the gang bowling date, he only managed a D on the next test. At least the coach wasn't too hard on him about the decision. For once, we see a coach with a bit of a heart and some understanding about something other than sports.

Veronica's plagiarism mystery ended up coming back to the creepy criminology teaching assistant, Tim. He claimed that by setting her up, he was just trying to show her the faults in Professor Wright. Yeah right. This guy has clearly had it in for Veronica since she showed him up in the first class of the year. But what's his bigger purpose on the show? Could he somehow be connected to the rapes? Will he just go away after this? Or will he be part of the mysteries for Parts 2 and 3 later on? It bugs me that he's intent on taking down a freshman like Veronica and he looks so weird and creepy. We also learned that the Dean's wife is having an affair with Professor Wright. Something's telling me they are laying the groundwork for the second arc of the season in January.

We had two other hookups were brewing. First, between Piz and Parker, but mostly just from Parker's end. In a bowling-alley scene, Parker asked Veronica to check on whether Piz liked her. When Veronica did, however, it was clear that Piz was either covering up that he is gay or so obsessed with Veronica that he couldn't fathom dating anyone else. I'm gonna go with the last one at this point. It also seemed to me like it bothered Veronica that Parker was interested in Piz. It looks like we have the beginnings of a love triangle. With LoVe looking shaky, maybe Piz will get his wish.

Second, Harmony was back! I was hoping this matchup would work out. It was nice to see Keith have a decent story line again. They've definitely got chemistry. Funny, how Keith is getting more action than most of the young and beautiful college kids on the show. So next week, more rapist action and I seriously hope Veronica doesn't get raped again!

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